Schools could send children’s homework abroad to be marked for as little as £2 an hour to free up teachers’ time

‘Schools should consider outsourcing marking to India to cut costs and lighten teachers’ workloads, according to the head of an education think-tank.

Rebecca Allen, director of Education Datalab, said that homework could be sent abroad and marked for as little as £2 per hour, and claimed that the results were ‘incredibly reliable’.

Ms Allen, who is also a reader in economics at University College London, said another alternative was to use new computer scanning technology to help mark students’ essays.’

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